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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Get EV. Make it do the skateboard design idea where the chassis/drive train is a skateboard under the cabin/cargo body. Delete the bolts that join the halves, replace with bungee cords. Done.

  I had a toy car at some point that had plunger bumpers that reversed motor direction on impact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sunglasses suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been looking at Neven, but have no idea if they’re as big as they seem or if they’re any more durable than Knockaround.

  I like Knockaround’s styles, specifically the Fast Lanes for being somewhere between a classic Rayban and a square aviator, but I keep ending up with scratched lenses. They do have a one-time warranty, but I’m not sure the extent of replacement due to wording. Only tried it once directly through customer service before I realized there’s an actual policy. I took much better care and even ordered more (different colors), but they still wear out. Daily wear, rotate through ~6 pairs. Get about 2 years out of them. I guess that’s fine, but my old sunglasses weren’t so consumable. Maybe I just not familiar with the longevity of mirrored coatings. They’re ~$35usd each and sales are frequent. The custom shop is neat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What to Play (and Watch) While Waiting for Forza Horizon 6 (my article!)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit I forgot to buy FH5

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never doubt the commitment of horse-girl fans: Umamusume cosplayers are having actual races at tracks around the world⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I bet a dollar you live more than an hour from most stables. It’s like skiing. It’s a luxurious hobby at its base. If you’re local, it’s not that big a deal and lots of neighbors are into. If you have to travel to maintain the hobby and you do, in fact, maintain it, you’re either very dedicated or very well off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's wrong with Ellen DeGeneres?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The guest with the birthday was Dakota Fanning. I only really know because of the meme, of sorts, that connects 9/11 to the downfall of DeGeneres. 9/11, my chemical romance, twilight, 50 shades, Fanning’s rise, Degenres’ downfall

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people with college degrees and an education, still act so fucking stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate your outlook and empathy. I think I’m smart. I know I ignore certain things and probably look stupid. But you are absolutely right that you can’t know what exact information they’re working with as the basis for decisions/statements/opinions. Being able to identify some base misconception can bring about resolution so fast. I still have sudden realizations that uproot some belief I had based on some bullshit my dad said decades ago. If you never had reason to question it, it doesn’t enter the critical reasoning part of your head.

  Only example off the top of my head is he once said tetanus was, effectively, caused by dogs urinating on rusty metal. I was probably under 10, who am I to question? Well, tetanus is such a rare topic that I never thought about. Working under rusty cars from my teens onward? Not a problem, dogs aren’t peeing up into my car. Well, a friend mentioned he’d was updating his tetanus shot around 30 since he also works on rusty cars. “Wait, any rusty metal?” it was a dolly-zoom moment. Turns out, any source material that’s contaminated while puncturing skin can do it. It just happens to often be lost nails or broken glass. But I carried that belief for like 25 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the most confusing false friends from your language to another that are spelt exactly the same?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it appropriate to point out that words are spelled certain ways and that spelt is a plant product?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come on TV I can Oh God with no censor. I can say dammit and no censor. But if I put them both together and say GodDammit one of the words will be censored?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I chime in with a
  “Haven’t you people ever heard of Closing the

  Damn door”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever you feel about Bond Films, Do you think it wouldn't be best they just ended it with the last film.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are plenty of original or first-time adaptations of movies. Continually. I am tired of the “nothing but reboots” complaint. Reboots are more recognizable, often get more ad space, and often make more money at the box office, but they are not dominating the screen time. My local theater is playing Scream 7 and, if you want to include it, Ready or Not 2 (sequel to 2019). The other ~10 movies are not reboots. Awards rarely go to reboots or sequels (outside reboot categories).

  The good, original movies usually get compliments like “[Unrecognized movie] is actually pretty good”. It’s only unrecognized because it doesn’t have established IP. Then the comment fades from memory immediately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I still use a One. I’ve had it for over ten years now. Load times keep getting longer for anything that constantly updates. Those games also keep getting laggier online, too. I’m not sure if hardwiring would make it better, but I’ve never had it hardwired before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Setting non-travel jokes aside for aoment because somehow Americans don’t travel but they also get spotted as obvious tourists in their jeans and golf shorts.

  Between prior English imperialism and recent American global market share, just about any place with a decent internet connection will have English as a viable communication language. It won’t always be great and you may have to talk to a few different people to find one that speaks enough English. The places I’ve been often have ads in English. Often enough, they’re not even dual language ads.

  Now combine that with American exceptionalism and you’ll see Americans don’t see a need to learn anything else. No, they don’t see the irony in demanding the language of England as their one and only language heard in the 'States.

  But, in a less cynical take, that country is huge and geographically diverse. There are many Americans that travel. Americans that travel domestically (or even only Can/US/Mex) should not be shamed. Language aside, different regions can have as much diversity as denser countries. Think about your stereotype for a resident of California, then New York, and lastly Texas. That is, after all, because the US is actually 50 states in a trench coat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forza Horizon 6 requirements are out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same word, different situation entirely, but I’ve long been used that the radio edit for Panic at the Disco’s I Write Sins… Was always “haven’t you people ever heard of, closing the g*d damn door”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are you supposed to pronounce "Macklemore"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For the reddit-shy, link is a reddit thread from Macklemore announcing a new music video. Commenter asks how to pronounce it. He says “Mack-la-more. Should have picked an easier name”. Another commenter asks why the kid in Thrift Shop says it the other way. No response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are you supposed to pronounce "Macklemore"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it’s 99% upbeat and stupid by airtime, but certainly not by content of the catalogue unless you’re saying upbeat or stupid. It’s the Lady Gaga move. Get the popular demand through the catchy, shallow/humorous stuff, use that to fund the deeper artistic endeavors.

  I like the music but it’s not in my rotation, so I hear nothing about his principles. What’d he stand by?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do wealthy people know if the people they meet are wealthy or not?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been seeing this year that the cost of a flight from the US to France, mountain ticket for a week in the Alps, and lodging there is cheaper than staying domestic and skiing/lodging in the Rockies for the same time. The majority of US residents would still have to fly to the Rockies anyway. I didn’t verify which exact mountains or level of lodging as I don’t know how, but, presumably, whatever is in the Alps is nicer than the Rockies offerings for the price.

  To clarify, skiing is accessible to middle class, but when it’s a personality, it’s a signal of being very comfortably middle class at the least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was a clever take on why isolationism leads to theories and assumptions about everyone else. The rangers are isolated and created their own paranoia. Obviously, they couldn’t readily get more information, so it’s not their fault for being in the dark.

  The only thing I specifically didn’t like about the ending was how this whole manifesto of sorts was presented. I get that it gives closure on the writer’s intended narrative, but it admits a lot of legal guilt for the antagonist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that verified and were the ships actually in operation? All I saw was “inactive mine-laying ships”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fortnite Save the World (paid game mode) made a lot of vbucks originally, but the high-payout challenges (300 vbucks/day) are only available to players who owned that mode prior to some time in 2020. Buying STW now gives a one time pack of 1500 vbucks. So the alternative, given that the vast majority of players didn’t buy the game, play for free in Bottle Royale. It takes 4 seasons to gain enough free vbucks in battle Royale to have enough to buy a season pass. It’s 1000 for the pass and typically has 300 free vbucks (100 near the bottom, 200 around level 80). So then you’re talking like 40 hours of play per season, with strong encouragement to play daily for an easy +1 level. The actual skins are typically paywalled behind the battle pass.

  Then there’s the shop. Buying separate skins are anywhere from like 500 to 2000 vbucks. If it’s a full season, there’s probably an extra 500 vbucks available if you hit level 150 or so. So now like 60 hours every 2-3 months to get the free 500 to accumulate after the battle pass renewal.

  That’s not sustainable. It’s not supposed to be. Skins are nowhere near “affordable” with free bucks. They don’t care if it’s your money or your game time that makes the vbucks because it’s time and/or money taken from other games. So what if it’s their limited money? What exactly did you invest in as a kid? All I put it towards was, effectively, entertainment that didn’t last longer as a skin, be it a game, a toy, or candy. Maybe even less, given that fortnite has been running for what, 9 years?

  And no, I really don’t give a shit about any complaints about them just being cosmetic skins. They’re kids. I’m sure you had your brand name demands when you were 12. It’s the same shit. Vans are just shoes. Mongoose is just a bicycle. Air jordans are just shoes. JNCO is just pants. Air Forces are just shoes. Louisville slugger is just a bat. Whatever must-have item it was, it didn’t make either of us professionals at the game or sport. Yet, somehow, it still was the most important thing that week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This helps me sleep. Does this sound pleasant to listen to if someone was snoring like this in the room with you?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Humans adjust to lots of things as their shelter proves to be safe. People can sleep in cars, on planes, on trains, with music, with snoring, with white noise, with rain, with wind, with frogs, with crickets, with all different sounds. It’s only when the noises change that we awake. I can’t say my partner’s snoring is pleasant, but it doesn’t keep me awake. Other things can keep me awake and make me frustrated at their snoring, but that’s not fair to them as it’s not the true cause. So if you do find that snoring present, I hope it’s a sign you’re very comfortable with the person making the sound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to pay someone to create an excel sheet for me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Something that may help, if you do end up doing this manually, is utilizing alt+click to highlight in the pdf. It’ll select in a box shape instead of reaching the end of each line like a paragraph. Each line will then get pasted as separate rows in excel. It doesn’t split into columns, so you still have to go with individual vertical selections. It also will break apart multi-line entries like I saw in the description field on your sample, so this will have to be highlighted individually normally. But at least it adds a little speed to those triple coordinate items. Maybe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is amperage more "obscure" than voltage (or watts)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on what’s useful to know.

  A microwave is a heating device. It’s not useful to know you’re using a 7a microwave on its own. Is it 120v or 220v? What’s important is the wattage, as an indicator of how much heat it can put into food in a given time. A 700w microwave is going to take longer than the instructions say but could be a 3.5a euro oven or a 7a north american oven.

  With lights, wattage ignores the change in voltages as well. But it relied upon the tungsten incandescent being ubiquitous. The socket type defines the voltage, so you just want to know if it’s a soft 25w reading light or a 100w for a garage bay. But now, with the prevalence of fluorescent and then LED lights, wattage has become almost irrelevant. They usually list actual wattage in pale text and “incandescent wattage equivalent” in bold. I’m happy to say I’m finally seeing bulbs state actual lumens now, which is what really matters to the end user. LED lighting is now the least of your electric bill worries.

  With a car battery, you’re seeing the options in a later stage of market uniformity. Cars used to very commonly have 6v systems, so the 12v system was distinct. Large trucks use 24v (though I think with dual 12v batteries). But for you buying a car battery, just about all passenger cars are 12v. It’s a specific size like “group 65”, so it’s a 12v of certain size and terminal placement. You do have some options for amperage, listed as CCA. You can’t give more amps to the starter, but rather the battery lasts longer per charge and drops voltage less when under load.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is amperage more "obscure" than voltage (or watts)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A high amperage device is not what’s at risk. The wiring is. With defined voltages (by way of plug type), devices can’t draw extra amperage, but you can certainly ask the wires for more amperage than they can safely provide. Fuses and circuit breakers do not protect the device, they protect the wires from burning off their insulation, shorting, or catching fire.

  But as a caveat, a 120v device plugged into a 220v source will draw too many amps for the device.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night | After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it was what, 4 years ago that a pro-oil lobby/marketing group made an actual “CO2 is life” commercial saying CO2 is good?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody is mentioning Vietnam? That’s the source of boomer complaints IME. France “abandoned” the US and the industrial war machine convinced the American veterans that it was France’s fault that the greatest military in the world couldn’t defeat communist Vietnam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Families in New York City demonstrated against a proposal to allow cars in a local park. A politician showed up in a car to mock them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d bet a dollar it saves one traffic light and I’d bet a second dollar she lives within a quarter mile of the south end of the road. Opened for the relief of the most minor of conveniences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are locks and keys mass produced?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fine. It’s not the first time I’ve been called AI because I write lengthy things about topics in which I’m knowledgeable. Xkcd.com/3126

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are locks and keys mass produced?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t say you or your question was stupid. I explained why that assumption isn’t right

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are locks and keys mass produced?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No point saying the same thing already stated 20 other times here. I went after the opening statement because it’s demonstrably inaccurate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are locks and keys mass produced?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re welcome to that interpretation. I saw no point adding a 20th version of the same answers everyone else focused on. I went after the opening statement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are locks and keys mass produced?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Made on the same assembly line means it’s the same product” is a myth from people who have no experience in manufacturing/sourcing and are just mad about inflation and do not have a professional interest in the product. The specs are rarely the same. There are often typically significant differences in material, tooling, QA/QC, and warranty. Yes, there are plenty of examples where the upcharge is not justified, but it’s neither the rule nor the exception. It varies wildly across the market. I have my places where I buy premium, I have my places where I buy bottom tier.

  For the common end user of household products, the closest they’ll get to understanding this is buying the Amazon, Alibaba, or Temu “version” of something. There will be a dozen differences that make the product worse. Maybe that’s fine for your use. If you think all toothbrushes are the same, try the free ones from a hotel. The handles are small, weak, and usually have sharp mold parting lines. But sure, they were likely made at the same place that made the $6 Colgate because the bristle-placing machine is the most important part of the process.

  Meanwhile, towards the other end, a casual household end user will likely never exceed the capability of a hardware store wrench, so they’ll think it’s insane to pay more for a Snap-on at 4x the price. But it makes a difference to someone using and abusing it 8x a day, depending on its function to get paid. If it does break, the warranty replaces it immediately. Lifetime warranties from non-professional brands are notorious for stating it’s the lifetime of the product, not your lifetime, and it expired when it broke or wore out.

  At the extreme end would be something like aircraft parts. The “same” bolt at the local store is 1/20 the price. But the aircraft bolt is a higher grade (more expensive), has much tighter tolerances (more money spent on control, higher scrap rate), has backing traceability documentation (money spent on labor and tracking systems), and is likely checked 100% to dimensional spec (money spent on labor and time). You could find the same bolt at the store. You will find a bolt that’s almost the same. You may find a bolt that’s completely wrong. None of that uncertainty is allowable in an aircraft bolt. Those “minor defects here and there” like your toothbrush claim are not acceptable, so systems must be in place to prevent them from escaping. You order a bolt, you get the bolt you ordered. Hundreds of lives depend on it.